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Av⋅a⋅lon

[av-uh-lon]
–noun Celtic Legend.
an island, represented as an earthly paradise in the western seas, to which King Arthur and other heroes were carried at death.
Also, Av⋅al⋅lon.


Origin:
< ML (insula) avallonis (Geoffrey of Monmouth) (island) of Avallon, lit., apple tree (island) < a British Celt s. for apple tree, c. Welsh afall (pl. collective), Middle Breton avallenn (sing.), OIr aball (fem.) < *ǫbǫl-n-, c. Slavic *(j)ablanĭ; see apple
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Av·a·lon   (āv'ə-lŏn')   
n.  In Arthurian legend, an island paradise in the western seas to which King Arthur went at his death.
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